Connected word reference

English words and connected roots — page 7

Explore 617 selected English words with curated root connections. The interactive app contains the full dictionary.

• reclaim

  To return land to a suitable condition for use.

• reduce

  to make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size

• refer

  to mention or allude to; to direct to a source for help

• reflect

  to throw back light or heat; to think deeply

• reform

  to make changes in order to improve something

• regolith

  The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists.

• regular

  arranged in a constant or definite pattern

• relate

  to make or show a connection between; to tell a story

• repulse

  to drive back an attack or attacker

• reside

  to have one's permanent home in a particular place

• resist

  to withstand the action or effect of; to oppose

• resonate

  to produce or be filled with a deep, full sound

• respiratory

  relating to breathing

• restrict

  to put a limit on; to keep under control

• retain

  to continue to have; to keep possession of

• retrospect

  Consideration of past times.

• reverse

  to move backward; to turn the other way around

• revive

  to restore to life or consciousness

• revolve

  to move in a circle around a central point

• rheology

  The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.

• rhyolite

  An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.

• rupture

  an instance of breaking or bursting

• saxophone

  A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.

• science

  the systematic study of the physical and natural world

• scleroderma

  A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs through excessive deposits of collagen.

• scripture

  A sacred writing or holy book.

• select

  to carefully choose as being the best or most suitable

• sensory

  relating to sensation or the physical senses

• sentiment

  a view or opinion based on feeling

• sequence

  a particular order in which related things follow each other

• sesquicentennial

  Occurring every 150 years.

• session

  a period devoted to a particular activity

• shipman

  Synonym of sailor.

• snowman

  A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

• sociology

  A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

• solution

  a means of solving a problem; a liquid mixture

• sonogram

  Clipping of ultrasonogram: A medical image produced by an ultrasound echo.

• sophisticated

  having refined worldly knowledge or experience; complex

• sophomore

  a second-year student

• spectator

  a person who watches an event as entertainment

• speedometer

  An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.

• stable

  not likely to give way or change; firmly fixed

• starman

  A spaceman.

• statesman

  A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

• static

  Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

• stoichiometry

  The study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions (chemical equations).

• stratigraphy

  The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification).

• subscribe

  to arrange to receive something regularly by paying in advance

• subscription

  Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

• subterranean

  existing or occurring beneath the earth's surface

• superior

  higher in rank, status, or quality

• suspend

  to temporarily stop; to hang from above

• symbiosis

  interaction between two different organisms living in close association

• symmetry

  Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.

• sympathy

  feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune

• synchronicity

  The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.

• synchronise

  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronize.

• synchronize

  to cause to occur or operate at the same time or rate

• synchronous

  At the same time, at the same frequency.

• synchrony

  synchronicity, the state of two or more events occurring at the same time.

• synonym

  a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another

• tangible

  perceptible by touch; clear and definite

• tautology

  Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.

• taxidermy

  The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.

• taxonomy

  The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.

• technocracy

  A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise.

• technocrat

  An advocate of technocracy.

• technology

  the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

• telecast

  To broadcast by television.

• telecommunication

  The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.

• teleconference

  A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

• telegram

  A message transmitted by telegraph.

• telegraph

  a system for transmitting messages over distance by signals along a wire

• telegraphy

  Any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a code, especially by means of electrified wires or radio waves using Morse code.

• telehealth

  Healthcare facilitated by telecommunication technology, typically allowing a doctor or other healthcare professional to interact with a patient visually and audibly.

• telemetry

  the automatic measurement and transmission of data from remote sources

• telepathy

  The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

• telephone

  a device that transmits speech over distances by converting sound to signals

• telescope

  an optical instrument for making distant objects appear nearer

• television

  An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.